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Old 06-11-17, 08:44 PM
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

6/11/17

Transformers [SteelBook] [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray] [Only @ Best Buy] [2007]
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/bd-trans...?skuId=5851307

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [SteelBook] [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray] [Only @ Best Buy] [2009]
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/bd-trans...?skuId=5851310

Transformers: Dark of the Moon [SteelBook] [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray] [Only @ Best Buy] [2011]
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/bd-trans...?skuId=5851305

Transformers: Age of Extinction [SteelBook] [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray] [Only @ Best Buy] [2014]
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/bd-trans...?skuId=5851304
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by mattysemo247
Resident Evil: Vendetta 4K steelbook @ Best Buy



http://www.bestbuy.com/site/resident...?skuId=5899206
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

Those Transformers Steelbooks are kinda ugly.
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by gerrythedon
Two ugly pictures of Resident Evil Vendetta Steelbook
Still ugly. Maybe it's already been answered somewhere else but "Bonus Disc"? And there is no mention of a digital copy which is a little troublesome.
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

Bonus disc =Extras disc, which is not an exclusive.
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Pretty, but I need 3D. Hope they add that version later.
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by Decker
Pretty, but I need 3D. Hope they add that version later.
Ditto. Easy pass. I'll wait for Zavvi.
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by AaronSch
Ditto. Easy pass. I'll wait for Zavvi.
The only problem with waiting for Zavvi is that any potential UK SteelBook will not have the movie's title displayed as part of the cover art. Personally, I hate that trend. YMMV.
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
The only problem with waiting for Zavvi is that any potential UK SteelBook will not have the movie's title displayed as part of the cover art. Personally, I hate that trend. YMMV.
That was indeed a problem at one time..."Alice Through the Looking Glass," "Jungle Book," and "Pete's Dragon" were missing spine titles. There's a dude who posts over at Blu-ray.com who was ingenious enough to create magnetic spines with the missing titles. You don't have to mar the surface of the steelbook because the magnetic strips lay right over the title-less spines. I may order them from him or create them myself. But that really doesn't bother me as much as not having the 3D versions. Truth is, the most recent Disney releases have had titles on the spine. In fact, Zavvi's "Dr. Strange" had a spine title while the Best Buy version did not! So, at this point I don't believe that is an issue.

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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

For me the lack of a valid DMA code is a bigger deal-breaker. I play the digital HD copies in my pediatric office, so getting that and a 3D blu Ray outweighs the desire for a Steelbook. Still have my that Best Buy adds that version as well.

But yeah, the nameless spines suck as well. As I mentioned before, the Target exclusive Secret Lives of Pets Steelbook also lacks text.
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Yeah well, digital codes are not a consideration for me. If need be, I can always purchase that seperately. My main interests are the steelbook and the 3D copy on disc.
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by AaronSch
That was indeed a problem at one time..."Alice Through the Looking Glass," "Jungle Book," and "Pete's Dragon" were missing spine titles. There's a dude who posts over at Blu-ray.com who was ingenious enough to create magnetic spines with the missing titles. You don't have to mar the surface of the steelbook because the magnetic strips lay right over the title-less spines. I may order them from him or create them myself. But that really doesn't bother me as much as not having the 3D versions. Truth is, the most recent Disney releases have had titles on the spine. In fact, Zavvi's "Dr. Strange" had a spine title while the Best Buy version did not! So, at this point I don't believe that is an issue.
It's not just the spine, though. They still don't put the title on the front cover. That's very problematic because most of the artwork was designed to leave space for where the title should go, and now that space is awkwardly empty. So you wind up with this:



When the American version of the same SteelBook looks much better like this:

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I purchased Plain Archive's paper full slip version of Zero Dark Thirty and it looks gorgeous. Don't have much of their material, but it just might be the best Plain Archive I have.
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Universal Monsters Steelbooks coming to Best Buy on 9/12 (which I bet is also the release date for Tom Cruise's Mummy)


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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

ugh! this SteelBook™ craze is getting out of hand with all these reissues and such. glad i lost my itch awhile ago...
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

I would never buy a resissue of a movie I already own just for the Steelbook. I already own the UK-imported Monster set and that's all I need.

But for new releases, I still will often take the bait.

That said, those are cool looking Steelbooks. Looking forward to seeing them in-store.
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

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ugh! this SteelBook™ craze is getting out of hand with all these reissues and such. Glad I lost my itch awhile ago...
I hear that, it's insane, really. So many lazy steels to boot, especially from US and UK.

However, if you like the format, Korea and China are putting out some really nice editions these days.
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Starship Troopers: 20th Anniversary [SteelBook] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [Only @ Best Buy] [1997]

Release Date: 09/19/2017

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/starship...?skuId=5957507
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by gerrythedon
Starship Troopers: 20th Anniversary [SteelBook] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [Only @ Best Buy] [1997]

Release Date: 09/19/2017

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/starship...?skuId=5957507
I still have the 2 disc collector's edition of the dvd. It's going to be REAL hard to resist getting this one. I really hope most of the bonus material is ported over. We'll see.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming [Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [SteelBook] [Only @ Best Buy] [2017]


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/spider-m...?skuId=5916905
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

hope they do one for 3D like the others...
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Re: Official New & Upcoming Exclusive Steelbook Discussion Thread

Zavvi now has a Cars 3 SteelBook with 3D. Only available on the UK site but not the US site, for some reason.

https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/cars-3.../11514906.html

The temp art displays the movie's title on the front cover, but that will probably be removed per Disney's m.o. in Europe.
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If Best Buy keeps insisting on having expensive exclusive Steelbook releases (and not allowing pre-orders for in-store pick-up), they really need to revisit their shipping techniques. The "stuck between two pieces of cardboard" method is seriously flawed. Here's what came in the mail for me today :


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